CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [DECLARATION OF RIGHTS] COMPARISON
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Headnotes
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Present
Constitution
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Constitution of
1867
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Constitution of
1864
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Constitution of
1851
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Constitution of
1776
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Amendments to
1776 Constitution
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ment of offenders, ought to
be granted, or security for
the peace awarded, and
quakers, dunkers or menon-
ists, ought also on their sol-
emn affirmation as afore-
said to be admitted as wit-
nesses in all criminal cases
not capital.
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which he may be appointed
or elected, and may by such
affirmation qualify himself
to take a seat in the Legis-
lature and to act therein as
a Member of the same in all
cases whatever, or to be an
Elector of the Senate in as
full and ample a manner to
all intents and purposes
whatever, as persons are now
competent and qualified to
act who are not conscien-
tiously Scrupulous of tak-
ing such Oaths.
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Proposed by Act of 1797,
chapter 118. Ratified 1798.
Sec. 1. The people called
Quakers, those called Nico-
lites, or new Quakers, those
called Dunkers, and those
called Menonists, holding it
unlawful to take an oath on
any occasion, shall be al-
lowed to make their solemn
affirmation as witnesses in
the manner that Quakers
have been heretofore allowed
to affirm, which affirmation
shall be of the same avail
as an oath, to all intents and
purposes whatever.
Sec. 2. Before any of the
person's aforesaid shall be
admitted as a Witness in any
Court of Justice in this State,
the court shall be satisfied
by such Testimony as they
may require, that such per-
son is one of those who pro-
fess to be conscientiously
scrupulous of taking an oath.
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Proposed by Act of 1817,
chapter 61. Ratified 1818.
Sec. 1. All persons profes-
sing the Christian Religion,
who hold it unlawful to take
an oath on any occasion shall
be allowed to make their
solemn affirmation, in the
same manner that Quakers
have heretofore been allowed
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